Kristin Beima-Sofie, MPH, PhD

Acting Assistant Professor

 

Dr. Kristin Beima-Sofie, MPH, PhD, is an Acting Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington. She is a qualitative researcher with implementation science training serving as core faculty for the UW/FHCRC Center for AIDS Research Behavior Science Core, as well as faculty for the Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children (Global WACh) and the Kenya Research and Training Center (KRTC). Dr. Beima-Sofie’s research interests have coalesced around understanding factors that influence the health of women, adolescents and children affected by HIV. Aligning with these interests, her current research projects focus on evaluating interventions and national programs for adolescents affected by HIV including programs and policies around HIV disclosure to children and adolescents, transition from pediatric to adult care, and healthcare provider interventions that optimize HIV treatment support. She is also involved in several projects to optimize PrEP delivery, including integration into family planning clinics or harm reduction services and evaluation of novel PrEP products. Dr. Beima-Sofie leads a qualitative mentoring group (QWIP) for students, fellows, faculty and staff, conducts workshops on qualitative methods, and teaches the second course in the global health qualitative methods series (GH539: Analyzing Qualitative Data).

Publications

  1. Chhun, N, Oketch, D, Agot, K, Mangale, DI, Badia, J, Kibugi, J et al.. Using FRAME to characterize provider-identified adaptations to a stepped care intervention for adolescents and youth living with HIV in Kenya: a mixed methods approach. J Int AIDS Soc. 2024;27 Suppl 1 (Suppl 1):e26261. doi: 10.1002/jia2.26261. PubMed PMID:38965971 PubMed Central PMC11224585.
  2. Wang, L, Slaughter, F, Nguyen, AT, Smith, S, Prabhu, S, Beima-Sofie, K et al.. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and viral suppression among persons living with HIV in western Washington. AIDS Care. 2024; :1-14. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2024.2341220. PubMed PMID:38623592 .
  3. Ngumbau, N, Unger, JA, Wandika, B, Atieno, C, Beima-Sofie, K, Dettinger, J et al.. Mobile solutions to Empower reproductive life planning for women living with HIV in Kenya (MWACh EMPOWER): Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2024;19 (4):e0300642. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300642. PubMed PMID:38557692 PubMed Central PMC10984530.
  4. Secor, AM, Ihnatiuk, A, Shapoval, A, McDowell, M, Hetman, L, Wagner, AD et al.. Does HIV index testing bring patients into treatment at earlier stages of HIV disease? Results from a retrospective study in Ukraine. BMC Infect Dis. 2024;24 (1):328. doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-09190-7. PubMed PMID:38500055 PubMed Central PMC10949801.
  5. Smith, S, Beima-Sofie, K, Naveed, A, Bhatia, N, Micheni, M, Nguyen, AT et al.. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Persons Living with HIV in Western Washington: Examining Lived Experiences of Social Distancing Stress, Personal Buffers, and Mental Health. AIDS Behav. 2024;28 (6):1822-1833. doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04273-7. PubMed PMID:38493281 PubMed Central PMC11161538.
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